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Nexenta, SanDisk Go in Together on OpenSDS Array

The new-gen storage system combines NexentaStor with InfiniFlash IF100 data center hardware and is designed to scale from 64TB to 2PB configurations.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Big data storage software provider Nexenta and flash hardware maker SanDisk on Sept. 2 announced jointly what they described as the first Open Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) all-flash array.

The two companies made the announcement at VMworld 2015 here at Moscone Center.

The new-gen storage system combines Nexenta's flagship open source-based platform, NexentaStor, with SanDisk's all-flash InfiniFlash IF100 data center hardware. The system is designed to scale from 64TB to 2PB configurations.

The Nexenta-SanDisk package supports a range of deployment scenarios and workloads, including big data analytics, data warehousing and dynamic modeling. Built on ZFS (Zettabyte File System, a very speedy file system that originated at Sun Microsystems a long while back), this unified block and file storage system provides very high-level functionality and performance, the companies said.

The Nexenta open source software also has been tested for use with both Dell PowerEdge R730 and Supermicro SuperServer SYS-6028U-TR4+; the all-flash architecture will be available later this quarter through channel partners, Nexenta said.

List pricing for the package, including perpetual software licenses, controllers, InfiniFlash, three-year support and installation, starts at $1.50/raw GB, based on configuration and capacity requirements.